Chords for Canned Goods by Greg Brown

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Let [D#m] the December winds [C#] mellow and [D#m] blow, I'm as warm as a July [B] toe, _ [G#] May _ [F#] toe.
_ _ _ [B] Peaches on the [G#] shelf, potatoes in the [C#] bin, supper's ready, [F#] everybody come on in.
[B] Taste a little [F#] of the summer, [C#] _
taste a little of [G#] the summer, _ [B] taste a little of the summer.
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Grandma put it all in [B] _ jars, _ and [C#] those mall can [F#] enjoy.
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[G#m] Well there's a root cellar, fruit [F#] cellar down below, [D#m]
watch your [G#m] head as down you go, [B] there's
peaches on the [F#] shelf, potatoes in the bin, [C#] supper's ready, [F#] everybody come on in.
[B]
Taste a little [F#] of the summer, [C#] _ taste a [F#] little of the [B] summer, taste [G#] a little of the [B] summer. _
_ _ _ _ [F#] Grandma put it all in [B] jars, _ _ _ and those [C#] mall can enjoy.
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_ [F#] _ _ _ What with [G#m] the snow and the economy and [F#] everything, I [D#m] think I'll just stay down [G#] here and eat until spring.
[B] Peaches on the shelf, [F#] potatoes in the bin, [C#] supper's ready, [F#] everybody come on in.
[B] Taste a little of [F#] the summer, [C#] taste a little [F#] of the [B] summer, taste a little of the summer. _ _ _ _
[F#] Grandma put it all in [B] jars, _ _ and those [C#] mall can [F#] enjoy.
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_ [G#m] When I go to see my [G#] grandma I gain a lot of weight, [D#m] with her dear hand she [F#] gives me plate
after [B] plate, she cans the [F#] pickles sweet and [C#] dill.
And the [F#] songs of the whipperwill [B] and the morning dew [F#] and the evening [C#] moon, and I really [G#] want
to go and see her real soon, [B] cause the canned [F#] food I buy at the store, [C#]
ain't got the summer
[G#] in it anymore.
[B] You bet your grandma [F#] is sure as you're [C#] born, I'll take some more [F#] potatoes in a thunderstorm.
There's [B]
peaches on the shelf, [F#] potatoes in the [C#] bin, supper's ready, [F#] everybody come on in.
[B] Taste a little of [F#] the summer, [C#]
taste a little [G#] of the summer, [B] taste [G#] a little of the [B] summer.
_ _ _ _ [G#] Grandma put it all in _ jars, _ and [C#] those mall can [F#] enjoy.
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_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [G#m] So let the December winters [F#] bellow and blow, [D#m] I'm as warm as the [B] July _ [C#] toad may [F#] eat.
_ _ _ [B] And there's peaches on the [F#] shelf, potatoes in the bin, [C#] supper's ready, [G#] everybody come
on in [B] now.
Taste a little [F#] of the summer, [C#] _ taste a [F#] little of the [B] summer, taste a [F#] little of the [B] summer. _
_ _ [G#] Grandma put it all in [B]
jars, _ _ [G#] and those mall can enjoy.
Jars, _ in those salmon's mayonnaise [B]
jars, _ in [C#] those smucker's jelly [B]
jars, _ _ _ [G#] in those mall [F#] can enjoy.
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